Wednesday, January 16, 2019

About The Cross-docking Operation From International Freight Forwarders Canada

By Frank Baker


Imagine that you are currently planning an impromptu ski trip. Since you live in a hot and tropical climate, there are no stores to buy thermal clothes. You definitely do not want to arrive in your shorts and then go buy warm clothes. No problem. You simply log onto your smartphone or laptop and shop online. By simply entering your card details on an online shopping site, you can have a weeks worth of all the latest and warmest ski gear, delivered within 5 working days at your front door. This is due to International Freight Forwarders Canada.

How does this efficient system work? Products arrive via an inbound form of transport. The inbound, let say truck arrives at a docking station. The products are offloaded and then go through a quality check while sorting at the same time. Having been checked and labeled the product is placed on a conveyer belt and finally loaded onto the relevant outbound truck. The truck then travels to the happy consumer

It is easy to identify all the benefits of the cross docking operations. The entire process saves a substantial amount of time and money. The risk of handling products is reduced. Fewer employees are required. Both merchandiser and customer are satisfied with the quick delivery time. This efficient system also helps cut back on excess warehouse space.

The only cons to consider is that once the parcel leaves the merchandiser there is little visibility of his product. Sometimes goods are misplaced or orders even duplicated. For this, there needs to be a system, which allows the merchandiser and even the consumer a visible tracking system. Then one also needs to keep records of all the goods and their movement so that there are auditable records available. This requires a lot of accurate administration. Then there needs to be compliance. An effective system that ensures all the above procedures are followed on a daily basis, maintaining accuracy and avoiding error.

As for the merchandise, and it definitely is no con, he needs to decide what to do with all the extra time and money saved. Perhaps now there will be more time to go to the bank and deposit the extra cash.

It now makes sense to the consumer why some products are either the same price or even cheaper when ordered and delivered from an online than in the store. A store owner must still make enough profit from the sale of goods to cover his rental as well as the staff employed. The shop owner does benefit from the fact that he too no longer needs extra storage space because just like to consumer he receives his goods timeously to his back door.

Project this system into the future, it is easy to imagine drivers are removed completely and drones collect and deliver goods to your door. There would have to be various sizes depending on the parcel itself, but aside from extreme weather conditions, this could further advance efficiency. Certainly, the profit-driving businessman would want to save further costs.

Anyway, it is safe to say that the logistics of ordering and delivering has become increasingly popular and convenient for all parties involved.




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